One of the best things about video games is they let players experience high-risk, high-reward things that most of them wouldn't do in real life, such as single-handedly taking down a crew of ...

Players need a frame of reference to understand games, and this is why most game environments resemble, at least in some way, real-world architecture. Video game architecture varies wildly.

However, how players understand how to play is the opposite. For instance, if I see a door in a game, I can assume that it can opened, or that it leads somewhere. Players need a frame of reference to ...

A subsidiary of Microsoft since 2002, Rare is now an Xbox-only studio, working on titles like Perfect Dark Zero and the swashbuckling online multiplayer game Sea of Thieves (which will become the ...

Abstract Game engines provide video game developers with a wide range of fundamental subsystems for creating games, such as 2D/3D graphics rendering, input device management, and audio playback. In ...